Centenary of Captain Scott reaching the South Pole – in pictures

Centenary of Captain Scott reaching the South Pole – in pictures

British explorer Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole during his ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition on 17 January 1912. It was his second attempt and 34 days after Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen got there first. On the return trip, Scott and his crew died from starvation and extreme temperatures. Here, a collection of photos from the trip

Captain Scott and members of the Terra Nova expedition celebrate his 43rd birthday at camp in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during his Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 6th June 1911. Scott is at the head of the table

Captain Robert Falcon Scott writes his journal in the Winterquarters Hut in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during his Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 7 October 1911. Behind him are pictures of his wife and son

A photograph dated 13/12/1911 taken by Captain Scott on his final expedition of (left to right) Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Henry Robertson Bowers, Patrick Keohane, Thomas Crean and Dr Edward Wilson on the Beardmore Glacier

16 December 1911: Roald Amundsen, Oscar Wisting, Sverre Hassel and Helmer Hansen saluting the Norwegian flag at the South Pole. They were the first to reach it on December 14 with 52 dogs and 4 sledges

November 1912: Doctor John Scott Keltie of the Royal Geographic Society welcoming the Norwegian Artic Explorer, Roald Amundsen on his arrival at Charing Cross Station, London. Amundsen reached the South Pole on December 16 1911